The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-08-18

At Tasting, Lewis Van Inwegsn & Son
have made ar assignment to l.. 8. Follett
Tor the benefit OF their creditors.
Mr., Blaine has gone to Cork, whence he
will return to Dublin.
I. Seligman Of East Saginaw, Mich, is
worth SIS, 600, 900. Recently he vent to
the Long Branch races with $50 and came
back with 361S.
Mrs. Harvey Willis, OF Oswego, N. Y,
beat her mother Mrs. Raulinson, 30 badly
that she died.
Forest fires broke out in the vicinity Of
Neillsville, Wis.,, and are causing considera-
bic damage.
Gen. George Curtis Lee, president Of the
Washington and Lee university OF Virginia,
the Oldest son OF the late Gen. Robert e.
Lee, is dangerously i'll. " @@ q"
Jerry Pagels, a St. Louis murderer sen,
fenced to hang committed suicike in his
cell. ~
Prof. Thomas Baldwin OF Sanfrau sue.
cessfully repeated his feat OF jumping from
a balloon in mid air to the earth by tho
| aid of his patent parachute. It is estimat.
Jump. His fall is ESTIMATED at !, 100 ieet.
occupy ing one minute and twenty-four sec,
| onds, and he landed in shallow water in the
bay.
Three firemen were instantly killed and
four badly injured at st. Louis by falling
walls. The dead are Barney McKernan,
| Frank Mcdonald, Chris Hoell. The injured
are James O'Brien, fatally; Jacob Feldt.
man, severely; William Zimmerman, Sc
verely; Mat De Fore, slightly.
The first vessel ever built on Lake Superb
Or, was launched at Baraga, near Mar.
quette,in the presence of thousands. She will
carry 1900, 600 lumber, and will load at
once, making one trip before getting her
spars. s~ya
Postofices discontinued: Minnesota:
Mearfeld, Stevens county. Name changed
Brookfield, Moody county, to
Trent. Fourth-c,ass postmasters ap.
pointed-Dakota: Ferry, G. j. Newhouser;
Rio, j. Buchanan; Sogu, N. e. Slinds; Ar
gavile, NJ. R. Clancy; Colyin, II. H. Stand
ish. - -. =,
A new secret organization known as the
brotherhood" in many respects similar
to the knights OF Labor, has been formed
and has grown to considerable proportions
nor believe in strikes, but uses the ballot
and cooperative institutions as weapons
of warfare. 1t also asks that the govern
ment obtain possession by purchase of all
the telegraphs, telephones and railroads.
John Clay, the only remaining son of
Henry Clay, died at his farm near Licking
ton, Ky: After dinner no vent out to gu.
perintend repairs on q pump. While Civ
ing instructions to the workmen he fell
dead OF heart disease: Mr.. Clay was sixty
seven years old. He q no children. He
was married about twenty years ago.
Am order wat issued from the war de-
~ rfnnont ro1iovino Moi n,p;o1 r Qoob
from duty until further orders, and direct
ing him to return to his home. Maj. Bash,
it will be remembered, is the army pay
master who was robbed OF 1880 belong
\ ing to the United States while on his way
to Fort Mckinney, Wyo., to pay off the
troops stationed there last March,. 1t is
understood that paymaster Bash is
made good to the government, as this is
the custom in the army in case there'is q
! deficit in pay. officers accounts. His
bondsmen will be held responsible unless
relief is secured from congress-.
The police of Chicago think they have
discovered a clue to the motives leading
to the horrible murder OF William Camp
bell, a wealthy cattle man who was brut-
ally murdered at Mcpherson, Kan.
The free delivery system has been order
ed to be established at GAINESVILLE, Wis, the
service to commence Oct. l.
At Butte, Mont, w. p. Schusle, an old
Philadel phian, shot h~imselfdead. He had
lost $500 ON Butte horse races and other
gambling, and in despair ended his life. :
The following pensions lave been grant
ed: Minnesota: Widow j. B. Kinsley,
O%watonna. original; A. Kenasten, Smiths
Mills; G. P. Reed, Bird Island; R. CHS.
holm. st. Paul; H. Conrad, Kustar; NJ.
keogh, Cordova; P. Kearns, Minneapo'
lis. Wisconsin,: J.. NJ. Menor, Eau
Claire; M. H. Sherman, Eau Claire; N.
I.amphere, Kekoskee; A. G. Cole, Wilton;
p. Cheeseboro, Badger Mills; L: H. Michel,
Dakota: E. Burnham, Millville; H. Deney.
Jr., Florence: A. J. Dickinson, Huron.
Capt. w. F. Marshall, United
States engineer. recommends the FOL
lowing appropriations: Twenty thous.
Dor, Wis; $4,000 for Racine, Wis;
$50, 900 for Milwaukee harbor; 5000, 600
for harbor OF refuge at Milwaukee bay, and
$500, 600 for the improvement Of the Fox
and Wisconsin rivers, Wis. OF the Fox
river he says that the mills during the Pc
Rod of low water take more than the SUR
plus water from the pools above the. APP
pleton and Menasha dams, thus reducing
the levels of Lake Winnebago and little
Lake Butte des Morris, making navigation
precarious. The evil is increasing, and il
it cannot be checked the improvement of
the river should not continue. : ~.
Good rains have checked tho Wisconsin
forest fires.
At Melrose, Mont, q. G. Maddaux, q
prominent merchant got into an alterca-
tion with GA. Clayton and Charles Pow.
ers, -ranchmen. A shooting ensued in
which Maddaux al fatally shot through
the body by Clayton: Powers was shot
through the hand.
Three persons were fined in Washington
for swearing.
A test was made at the Edison electric
light works St. Paul, Of using petroleum for
fuel and the result was quite satisfactory.
Ia barrel of oil was used to get up steam In
two boilers, and fifty pounds was secured
in less time than thirty poundsi in two and
one-half tons OF coal. The oil is elected
into the tirebox by steam in an atomized
spray, making q very hot fire. 1t is
claimed that there is a saving OF twenty to
twenty-five pen cent. in the cost OF fuel be-
sides labor and time.
The Rev. w. w. Dowley OF Gloversville,
N. Y, who had just been called to the
passionate of the Woodland Park Baptist
church, st. Paul, will begin his labors with
this church the first Sabbath in Septem-
her.